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SUSE: 2016:0010-1 Important: kvm DoS And Buffer Overflow Fixes

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available. fixes is now available.. SUSE Security Update: Security update for kvm ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0010-1 Rating: important References: #947164 #950590 #953187 #956829 #957162 Cross-References: CVE-2015-7512 CVE-2015-8345 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available. Description: This update for kvm fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2015-7512: The receive packet size is now checked in the emulated pcnet driver, eliminating buffer overflow and potential security issue by malicious guest systems. (bsc#957162) - CVE-2015-8345: A infinite loop in processing command block list was fixed that could be exploit by malicious guest systems (bsc#956829). Other bugs fixed: - To assist users past the migration incompatibility discussed in bsc#950590 (restore migration compatibility with SLE11 SP3 and SLE12, at the unfortunate expense to prior SLE11 SP4 kvm release compatability when a virtio-net device is used), print a message which references the support document TID 7017048. See https://www.suse.com/support/kb/ - Fix cases of wrong clock values in kvmclock timekeeping (bsc#947164 and bsc#953187) - Enforce pxe rom sizes to ensure migration compatibility. (bsc#950590) - Fix kvm live migration fails between sles11 sp3 and sp4 (bsc#950590) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for yourproduct: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-kvm-12293=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sledsp4-kvm-12293=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 s390x x86_64): kvm-1.4.2-35.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64): kvm-1.4.2-35.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7512.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8345.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947164 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950590 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953187 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956829 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957162 . SUSE Security Notice: kvm advisory ID SUSE-SU-2016:0010-2 tackles critical vulnerabilities and issues.. SUSE Linux, KVM Update, Security Issues, Important Updates. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 04, 2016 •Important SuSE